# Environment Act 2021, Paragraph 18: Interpretation

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) In this Schedule—
“agricultural use” includes use for horticulture and aquaculture;
“commercial activity” includes—
(a)producing, manufacturing and processing;
(b)distributing, selling, or supplying;
(c)purchasing for a purpose within paragraph (a) or (b) (but not purchasing as a consumer);
“due diligence system”, in relation to a forest risk commodity, has the meaning given by paragraph 3;
“enforcement authority” has the meaning given by paragraph 9;
“forest” has the meaning given by paragraph 1;
“forest risk commodity” has the meaning given by paragraph 1;
“local law”, in relation to a forest risk commodity, has the meaning given by paragraph 2;
“Part 1 requirements” has the meaning given by paragraph 8;
“Part 2 regulations” has the meaning given by paragraph 8;
“regulated person”, in relation to a forest risk commodity, has the meaning given by paragraph 7;
“relevant local law”, in relation to a forest risk commodity, has the meaning given by paragraph 2;
“reporting period” has the meaning given by paragraph 4;
“UK commercial activity” means commercial activity carried on in the United Kingdom.
(2) References in this Schedule to a product derived from a forest risk commodity are to a product derived from a forest risk commodity in whole or in part (and include any product of an animal fed on a forest risk commodity or a product derived from a forest risk commodity).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/30/schedule/17/paragraph/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-2021/schedule-17/paragraph-18
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